CR

Our Corporate Responsibility (CR) policy is designed to meet the long‐term expectations of our customers and other stakeholders and to ensure the sustainable development of our business. Protecting the environment and running our business ethically makes good commercial sense and, apart from improving the environment for both our staff and our customers, will also help us to enhance shareholder returns.

Over the last five years we have been developing and improving policies to cover the following:

1. Providing great service
2. Developing committed people
3. Sourcing great products
4. Creating a safe place to work and shop
5. Respect for the environment
6. Community support
 

To date our primary focus has been on our business in the UK and Republic of Ireland. We are now ensuring that our businesses in the rest of Europe are fully included in our CR policies.

Four sections of our CR report are disclosed in more detail on this site. The full CR policy can be downloaded below:

We employ approximately 4,000 people in the business throughout the UK, Republic of Ireland and Europe.
We are committed to achieve the highest standards of health and safety in all areas.
We are committed to buying great products from suppliers who operate in a responsible manner.
We are committed to taking steps to control and minimise any damage our operations may cause to the environment.